Two weekends ago, I made the trek down to Alchemist's Cove in Orwigsville, Pennsylvania. It's a great shop, and I was met face to face with the actual GM screen for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness Redux.
GM screens tend not be as useful as they were when they were chock full of 1st Edition AD&D charts. Most are flimsy and overpriced... or elaborate ones that's that are frighteningly expensive. Despite owning a few high quality ones, I often revert to a handy 1st Edition Gamma World GM screen I picked up for 99 cents at Kay-Bee Toys.
I've got to admit, I'm impressed by this one.
First off, it's a sturdy four-panel screen, with iconic Turtle art showing towards the players.
But the GM side is what made me smile the most. Each panel has a clear pocket attached to the screen on two sides, to easily insert whatever charts, notes, maps, etc, a gamemaster needs to reference.
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| Picture taken from Atomic Empire's website. Order it there! |
Palladium does provides four, heavy-stock inserts that might be helpful during a game, including Attributes, Alignments, Skill Checks, Combat, Movement, and Experience. I'm not sure at first glance what would be necessary for a TMNT RPG, but I see me using this screen for other in-person games.
Gotta admit, Palladium did this one well... so I'll give the TMNTAOS Redux GM Screen five out of five gnomes.
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